Whip-socket.



J. L. WOHLMAN. WHIP SOCKET. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24. 1915,.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

vewfoc Jlfiommem- WHIP-SOCKET.

Application filed. June 24, 1915. Serial No. 36,000.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. WOHLMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartington, in the county of Cedar and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip- Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a detachable whip socket, and has for itsobject to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby it can be quickly applied to any wagon or piece of farm machinery in any convenient location.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be formed from a single piece of sheet material, which can be quickly placed in position or removed therefrom, and which can be used interchangeably upon a number of vehicles, being susinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 4-. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line tt of Fig. 1, showing the whip socket in position on a dashboard or the like.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, the reference character A designates the body portion of the whip socket, and B a clamping arm which is integral with the body portion, both the body portion and clamping arm being adapted to be inexpensively manu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

and rearwardly to provide the front 2 of the body portion and has the edge thereof connected to the opposite side of the back by a suitable seam 3. In a somewhat similar manner the bottom of the socket is formed by an integral wing 4 which is bent upwardly and secured to the front portion 2 of the socket.- The back 1 may have a pair of parallel ribs 5 pressed rearwardly therefrom, said ribs extending longitudinally of the socket of the body portion and serving both to reinforce the back thereof and to admit of the socket obtaining a firm bearing against the dashboard or other member upon which it may be clamped.

The clamping arm B is formed by an integral extension at the upper end of the back 1, said extension being returned so that the body portion of the clamping arm is disposed in a plane spaced from and parallel to that of the back 1. The end of the clamping arm is bifurcated to provide diverging fingers 6 which project downwardly at an angle to each other and extend laterally on opposite sides of the socket A. Clamping screws 7 are threaded in the clamping arm B at the upper end thereof and also in each of the diverging fingers 6. These three clamping screws can be easily manipulated by the fingers and admit of the device being readily clamped in position upon the dashboard of a vehicle or in any convenient position upon a piece of farm machinery or the like. The rearwardly projecting ribs 5 at the back of the socket or body portion A obtain a firm bearing upon the front of the dashboard or like member to which the device is applied, while the three clamping screws 7 engage the opposite side of the dashboard to retain the device if rigidly in position. The diverging fingers 6 at the lower end of the clamping arm B cooperate with the ribs 5 at the back of the socket A to retain the device rigidly in position and-prevent the same from wabbling '1 can be used interchangeably upon different i.

.-, which is bent upwardly to form the bottom of the socket, a pair of longitudinally'extending bearing ribs being pressed rearwardly from the back plate and the clamping arm being formed by a returned integral extension at the'upper end of the bark 20 plate, the body'portion of the clamping arm occupying a spaced and parallelrelation to the back plate and the end thereof being bifurcated to form diverging fingers which project laterally upon opposite sides of the socket, and clamping screws threaded upon the clamping arm and diverging fingers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH WOHLMAN.

Witnessesz- P. F. OGARA CATHERINE OGARA.

Copies ot this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' r Washington, D. G. l 

